| Evergreen Museum -- Spruce Goose
Lil, Zip, Ethel, Howard, Ethel 7/6/05 Lunch at GV Brew Pub |
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| sgoose05001.jpg This is the pit and supports upon which the Goose is resting in the museum. |
sgoose05002.jpg Rose and Howard Bangert, from Millville, New Jersey. |
sgoose05003.jpg Lil, Howard, Zip and Rose [tops of their heads] watching the journey of the Goose from California to Oregon. |
sgoose05004.jpg Howard, Zip and Rose watching the video of the Goose's journey to McMinnville, in several sections [the Goose; not the movie . . .] |
sgoose05005.jpg Radio controlled model of Goose used in the Aviator movie with Leonard Decaprio. |
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| sgoose05006.jpg Standing in the middle of the Goose's belly looking toward the back of the plane. |
sgoose05007.jpg Looking toward the nose of the plane. Spiral steps to right go up to pilots cockpit. |
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sgoose05010.jpg Watching the video. Helicoptors hanging from the ceiling. |
sgoose05011.jpg Impressive bomber. |
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| sgoose05012.jpg Rose and Howard standing under Goose's wing next to the SR-71 Blackbird [travels at 2000 mph]. |
sgoose05013.jpg Howard looking at the underbelly of the SR-71 Blackbird. |
sgoose05014.jpg Standing under the Goose with stealth plane in view and 114-foot long Titan II missile. |
sgoose05015.jpg An USAF jet trainer. |
sgoose05016.jpg Tail of the SR-71 Blackbird in background as Howard and Rose read about another plane. |
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| sgoose05017.jpg Vineland and Millville, New Jersey visitors to Evergreen Museum. |
sgoose05018.jpg Long-time Jersey friends, Howard, Rose, Zip and Lil |
sgoose05019.jpg Ethel, Zip and Lil |
sgoose05020.jpg Lil and Zip with a very famouse airplane -- one of the Flying Tigers. His uncle was a member of the group. |
sgoose05021.jpg Lil and Zip. The planes are beautifully restored and maintained. |
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| sgoose05022.jpg Ethel by German plane. |
sgoose05023.jpg A German fighter. |
sgoose05024.jpg A ships bell. |
sgoose05025.jpg Rusty hulk, part of a plane they'd like to find more of and restore. |
sgoose05026.jpg Rose and Howard. |
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| sgoose05027.jpg Rose and Howard, Flying Tiger plane. |
sgoose05028.jpg Rose: almost all of the Goose in this picture. |
sgoose05029.jpg Planes hang from ceiling and everywhere. |
sgoose05030.jpg Zip enjoying a video about the planes. |
sgoose05031.jpg Ethel sitting in the B17 waiting to go forward to see more of plane. |
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| sgoose05032.jpg Waiting to see rest of the inside of the B17. |
sgoose05033.jpg Yo Elsie! I got to be a waist gunner in the B17! |
sgoose05034.jpg Radio area of B17. See the CW key on "desk"? I operated one when I was a WAVE |
sgoose05035.jpg This is the B17 belly gunner compartment/torret. Not me baby! Not for a jillion dollars. |
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| sgoose05037.jpg Nose gunner got every place first ahead of the rest in the plane. |
sgoose05038.jpg Neat little compact plane. |
sgoose05039.jpg Here ya go Rose, still getting a picture of all of the Goose. |
sgoose05040.jpg Rose wanted me to be sure and get a picture of the Spruce Goose. Well, I couldn't get it all in one picture so here is the big belly part! |
sgoose05041.jpg After Goose visit, went to Golden Valley Pub for "lupper". |
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| sgoose05042.jpg Great meal and we ate outside. |
sgoose05043.jpg Lil had salmon cakes and I had a pan fried oyster sanwich. Great meal with good friends. |